What do you folks do to reduce the effects of dehydration? I saw a post by Lt. Dish last night where she downed a Gatorade and took some Excedrin as a 'Pre-emptive strike'.

Anyone else?

That could be a bad idea. Excedrin contains acetaminophen (a.k.a. Tylenol), and mixing alcohol with acetaminophen carries the risk of significant liver damage. The risk is worse for people who are fairly heavy drinkers (for example, the sort of people who regularly drink so much that they have nasty hangovers).

Decided to try Magic Hat Heart of Darkness stout tonight. I don't really like Magic Hat, but it was a well-reviewed stout so I thought I would give it a shot.

Yuck....I think it's readily apparent that I just don't like Magic Hat beers. It has a really weird smell...the initial taste isn't bad, but oh god the aftertaste is horribly acrid. It's the thinnest "stout" I've ever had. I think that's probably the last beer I have by them.

shafnutz05 wrote:Decided to try Magic Hat Heart of Darkness stout tonight. I don't really like Magic Hat, but it was a well-reviewed stout so I thought I would give it a shot.

Yuck....I think it's readily apparent that I just don't like Magic Hat beers. It has a really weird smell...the initial taste isn't bad, but oh god the aftertaste is horribly acrid. It's the thinnest "stout" I've ever had. I think that's probably the last beer I have by them.

Agree completely. It's way more an IPA than a stout, and not well made. I still have a few in the fridge that I won't touch. They know bitter, and that's about it. I feel the same way about Troegs. Nothing wrong with it, just not my profile.

What do you folks do to reduce the effects of dehydration? I saw a post by Lt. Dish last night where she downed a Gatorade and took some Excedrin as a 'Pre-emptive strike'.

Anyone else?

That could be a bad idea. Excedrin contains acetaminophen (a.k.a. Tylenol), and mixing alcohol with acetaminophen carries the risk of significant liver damage. The risk is worse for people who are fairly heavy drinkers (for example, the sort of people who regularly drink so much that they have nasty hangovers).

Greetings! I'm back from W. PA. It's just as I left it the last time, and that's a comforting thing.

Yes, Shyster's correct. I figure my risk is low since I'm a very light social drinker and get a good load-on requiring a hangover remedy very rarely these days (maybe once a year, and that's optimistic). I'm small and it doesn't take much. Last Saturday night's was my 2012 bender, in under the wire. I'll add that I had a ton of water before I left the partay. At any rate, the G2 and Excedrin did the trick.

Back in the day at PSU we'd always stop at Roy Rogers for a large pink lemonade before heading home. It was miraculous. Or maybe we were so drunk we fooled ourselves into thinking so.